Desert Discoveries

Gives travellers the unique opportunity to explore
areas where no western
tourists have ever been, whilst learning first-hand about the extensive history
of Jordan and the region.

By invitation of the Hashemite Royal Court and His Excellency the Minister of
Tourism and Antiquities, unexplored areas of the Jordanian Desert have been
opened exclusively to Desert Discoveries Limited, an independent UK-based travel
company, to take small groups of people to explore the desert by day and sleep
under the stars by night.

Travelling is in air-conditioned, 4-wheel drive vehicles, which are necessary to
cope with the heat and terrain, such as deep sand drifts, undulating dunes, and
basalt flints and boulders.

Not all of the nights on tour are spent in the open desert, some are spent in
luxury hotels in Amman and Petra.

Desert Discoveries, based in London, is proud to be the only travel company
able to offer this package, and actively works to promote responsible tourism in
Jordan.

NEW: Jordan and Saudi Arabia

We are currently negotiating for permissions - please note the plural - for
a unique expedition. Following a loop of the ancient trade routes,
we propose to travel south from Petra to the great Saudi Arabian necropolis
of Meda’in
Saleh; from there to an unrecorded Nabataean site in the canyons of the Wadi
Qaraqir; on north-west to the settlement and tombs of Al Bad, returning to
Jordan along the Red Sea coast. This is very much an expedition, not a tour.
We can take no more than 9 people, first-come-first-served; and given the
experimental nature of the expedition it will be carried out on a cost-share
basis, with an estimated cost per participant of £2,500 excluding flights
for 11 days on the ground.

We reserve the right to assign places on this expedition according to the
preparedness of the individual for deep desert travel within the Kingdoms of
Jordan and Saudi Arabia. If you are interested, contact
us and we will keep
you posted.